NYT Crossword Puzzle Answers 12/05/23
NYT ACROSS CLUES
- 1 “Stat!”ASAP
- 5 Like most Italian nouns ending in -o: Abbr.MASC
- 9 Volcanic residueASH
- 12 1/26.2 of a marathonMILE
- 13 SiriusXM mediumRADIO
- 14 Cheek swab materialDNA
- 15 *Number of copies requested by a publisherPRINTORDER
- 17 Howard who narrates “Arrested Development”RON
- 18 *Barriers that slide in and out of a wallPOCKETDOORS
- 20 ShriveledSHRANK
- 23 Temporary reliefRESPITE
- 24 Ship’s backboneKEEL
- 25 Roast beef au ___JUS
- 27 Texter’s sign-offTTYL
- 28 Actor McKellen who played GandalfIAN
- 29 “Mayday!”SOS
- 30 Org. with a Ten Most Wanted Fugitives listFBI
- 32 *Stereotypical literary personaSTOCKCHARACTER
- 38 Hardwood treeOAK
- 39 One side in checkersRED
- 40 Longoria of “Desperate Housewives”EVA
- 41 “Dancing Queen” groupABBA
- 44 “Golly!”GEE
- 45 “Right away, boss!”ONIT
- 46 Skin spotFRECKLE
- 49 Tight undergarmentGIRDLE
- 51 *Designer’s collectionFASHIONLINE
- 53 Picnic pestANT
- 54 Irritable … or how you might describe all the words in the answers to the starred clues?OUTOFSORTS
- 58 Wedding wordsIDO
- 59 Pie-in-the-face soundSPLAT
- 60 Diamond Head’s islandOAHU
- 61 Heed the coxswainROW
- 62 Sharp and shrewdKEEN
- 63 Staircase partSTEP
NYT VERTICAL CLUES
- 1 Bit of concert equipmentAMP
- 2 What the Portuguese “senhor” meansSIR
- 3 Actor Mahershala of “Moonlight”ALI
- 4 Snail-mail correspondentPENPAL
- 5 Swindler’s victimMARK
- 6 Some venomous snakesADDERS
- 7 Dos + cincoSIETE
- 8 Bungee cables, for exampleCORDS
- 9 SkillfulADROIT
- 10 Like high-strung horsesSNORTY
- 11 Fairy tale brotherHANSEL
- 13 Mountaineering enthusiast, in slangROCKJOCK
- 16 BoatloadTON
- 19 Fiber-___ cableOPTIC
- 20 Hits the slopesSKIS
- 21 Track meet eventHEAT
- 22 City mentioned at the start of the Grateful Dead’s “Friend of the Devil”RENO
- 26 Show people to their seats, informallyUSH
- 29 Genre for the 1990s band SublimeSKA
- 30 Something you don’t have to pay for, redundantlyFREEGIFT
- 31 RottenBAD
- 33 Ted Lasso, for oneCOACH
- 34 “___ we there yet?”ARE
- 35 Maintain, as a barTEND
- 36 RottenEVIL
- 37 Give stars, sayRATE
- 41 Common plot point on a soap operaAFFAIR
- 42 “The Godfather” Oscar winnerBRANDO
- 43 Present, as a prizeBESTOW
- 44 Having a light touchGENTLE
- 45 Cookie-flavored breakfast cerealOREOOS
- 47 Merchant’s boothKIOSK
- 48 Jeweler’s lensLOUPE
- 50 Helpful connectionsINS
- 52 Student ___ forgivenessLOAN
- 55 Smallest of the Chinese zodiac animalsRAT
- 56 Fill-in-___-blankTHE
- 57 “How’s it goin’?”SUP
